Researchers: Flaw auctions would improve security

Researchers: Flaw auctions would improve security
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-12-15

The auction may have set a record price for a highlighter pen and an 8-by-11-inch sheet of paper.

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Anonymous

These vulnerabilities are already being sold and traded in underground markets. By auctioning them out in the open, everyone is aware of its existance. That puts pressure on the software developers. They may try to call it extorsion, but then if they did it right in the first place....

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